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CURRENT NAME A.T.C.
FORMER NAMES Above The Clouds
ORIGIN Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden
STATUS Disbanded (since 1985)
FORMED IN 1978
GENRE Hard rock
STYLE -
LYRICAL THEME -
BAND ADDED 2003-08-16, 00:00
LAST UPDATE 2009-01-13, 10:26
Band biography
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A.T.C. (at first Above The Clouds but later on choosing the abbreviating as their official moniker) was an early hard rock band from Stockholm, Sweden. The band formed in 1978 but back then they played pop music in the new wave direction and had a different line-up. When their rhythm guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman had been on a trip to England he attended some hard rock concerts and found some interesting records which resulted in a change in musical direction for the band who started playing more aggressive sounds. This was in 1980. When the band was formed most of the members were in their early teens with drummer Per Liljefors being the youngest one (only 12 years of age). In February of 1983 they signed a contract with manager Mikael Lundstedt who helped the band to a record deal for one LP with major label Polygram/Vertigo. Their one and only album "Cut In Ice" was released in 1984 and this year they were also featured in the popular Swedish music magazine Okej. They had a budget of 4000 US dollars and nine days to record and mix the album but in the end they only used six of the days. The next three days they partied and had lots of fun. As Mappe joined Candlemass in 1985 ATC changed some members and became DOWNTOWN. At this time A.T.C. had a new manager from Bulgaria who spend a lot of money in the band. Among other things he did a very expensive but lousy video according to the band. He tried to force the band to get rid of their vocalist. This was one of the reasons why the band split up. Another was that Mappe wanted to create a much darker sound while the others wanted to make the music more commercial.
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Per Liljefors1980-1985DrumsSee also Cheese
Anders Gustafsson1980-1983BassSee also Cheese
Mats Björkman1978-1985GuitarsSee also Candlemass, Zoic
Tommy Denander1978-1985GuitarsSee also Cheese
Håkan "Spider"1978-1985Vocals
Jonas Olsson1982-1985Bass, vocals
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1984Cut In IceVertigo
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